Metal-roof cleat



(No Model.)

J. L. DIOKELMAN. METAL ROUF GLEAT-v No. 430,927.. Patented June 24, 189 0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. DICKELMAN, OF FOREST, OHIO.

METAL-ROOF CLEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,927, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed October 3, 1889- Serial No. 325,848. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, JOSEPH L. DIGKELMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Forest, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal-Roof Cleats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cleats for roofing; and the nature of my invention will be understood from the following description and claim, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is aview in perspective of two sections of metal roofing fastened together by means of my cleats, the cleats shown in such view being of three different styles of construction. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are sectional Views taken through the lines 00 y z, respectively; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are views in detail of thediiferent styles of cleats used.

In such drawings, A A represent two sheets of metal, (tin,) each one of which is provided at one side edge with an upturned flange a, and at the opposite edge with the flange b, which is first turned up and then bent downwardly, as shown, to form a groove for the accommodation of the upturned edge of the adjacent sheet.

B represents my improved cleat, as shown in Fig. 5. As shown in such figure, this cleat consists of a single strip of metal bent up at one end to form a flange c and cut away at the opposite end to form a tongue cl, and is also slit to form a short tongue 6. The manner of applying the cleat above described to In Fig. 6 I have shown the cleatas provided with the tongue d; but have shown such tongue as located at or about the center of the body portion of the cleat, and have shown two of the short tongues e, one located upon each side of the tongue 01. The manner of using the cleat shown in Fig. 6 is, however, similar in all respects to that described in connection with the cleat of Fig. 5.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the cleat as provided with two of the tongues d and with but one tongue 6, the latter located between the tongues d. In this case the two tongues cl overlap the upper edge of the flange b, there being but a single tongue located in the groove formed by the said flange.

It will be observed that my fastening is such that the flange a will be held firm even though the flange I) should be loosened, as they are held by different tongues, and the weight of the flange b serves to bind the shorter tongue firmly upon the flange a.

I am aware of the existence of Letters Patent No.171,388, issued on the 21st day of December, 1875, to one Evans, and I do not claim the construction therein shownthat is, a cleat provided with but a single lockingarm or tongue; but,

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new therein, and that for which I desire to secure Letters Patent, is

The combination of the adjacent sheets A A, having their edges provided with the flanges cab, the flange I; being adapted to fit' over the flange a and the cleat having a flange c, secured to the sheathing, and integral tongues of different lengths passing between the flanges a Z), the shorter tongue being clamped upon the lower flange ct and the longer tongue being bent back over the upper flange b, as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. DICKELMAN.

W'itnesses:

D. L. STOCKTON, II. E. STOCKTON. 

